‘The Witcher’ to end with Season 5 on Netflix
Netflix has renewed its fantasy series “The Witcher” for a fifth and final season. The series just began production on Season 4, the streamer announced Thursday. The upcoming two seasons will be the first to feature Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia, the lead character that Henry Cavill played for the first three seasons. Seasons 4 and 5 will be filmed back to back. Release dates have not been announced. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich created “The Witcher” in 2019, based on the fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski. Hissrich also serves as the showrunner and executive producer. “It is with huge pride that we begin shooting our penultimate season of ‘The Witcher’ with a stellar cast, including some exciting new additions, led by Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia,” Hissrich said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to be able to bring Andrzej Sapkowski’s books to an epic and satisfying conclusion. It wouldn’t be our show if we didn’t push our family of characters to their absolute limit — stay tuned to see how the story ends.” Netflix posted a video on X featuring clips from the